Why this is the New American Revolution and our Astrological connection to our Founding Fathers

by Robert Wilkinson

Thanks to a friend in a comment stream over at a political blog I know and love, it was suggested that I post something about how many beings born in the past 68 years bear a strong astrological resemblance generationally to America's founding fathers. Today we will explore what's up for generations born since the boomers, and how they correspond to America's founding mothers and fathers. We are in the midst of a long term social and political revolution. Make no mistake, there are forces in our world that are in dynamic flux, and will ultimately result in a whole new world, with new ways of regarding life, form, matter, and each other. These sorts of revolutions take years, even decades to be observed, and there are many different ways that lead to creative change, whether we enjoy or understand them at the time or not.

Those born since 1938 are of the same generations that were involved in the American and French Revolutions, both significant movements toward the liberation of the human spirit and rejection of the "divine rights of kings." This is going on today, but many are too short-sighted to observe the on-going larger cycles of change and movement toward a better ideal of human freedom and understanding of our true place in the divine (and earthly) order. Try to imagine yourself as one of those involved in the decision of an entire world to move toward freedom, liberty, equality, fraternite, where "no man is above the law," as those with our identical Pluto position also confronted back in the 18th century.

To cut to the chase: Pluto was in Leo from 1693 through about 1712. It was again in Leo from 1938 through 1956-58. Pluto was in Virgo 1712 through 1724-25 and again from 1956 through 1971-72. Pluto was in Libra from 1724 through 1737 and again from 1971 through 1984. Pluto was in Scorpio from 1737 through 1749, and again from 1984 through 1995. Pluto was in Sagittarius from 1749 through 1762 and it is there as we speak. For future reference, Pluto was in Capricorn from 1762 through 1778, after which Pluto was in Aquarius for the entire time the war was won and the Constitution and Bill of Rights were coming to birth.

A general inference would imply that those with Pluto in Leo were the parents and grandparents of those who fought in the revolution, and who were important in the realm of ideas that were set in general consciousness so that the ideals of the Declaration and Constitution and the Bill of Rights were widely accepted and taught to the children and grandchildren of this generation who became the leaders of the Revolution. This group includes Voltaire and Benjamin Franklin, the philosophers of the movements to come. Most of the Founding Fathers and influential thinkers of the following period were born after the Pluto in Leo group did their fiery thing. Those who are known as the Founding Fathers came from the groups born with Pluto born in Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, and Sagittarius. If you don't recognize some of the names that follow, they were signers of the Declaration of Indepenence, a treasonous act at the time which could get you hanged.

The Pluto in Virgo batch includes Rousseau, Sam Adams, Samuel Johnson, and Roger Sherman. Pluto in Libra includes Kant, Washington, John Adams, Robert Morris, Button Gynette, Benjamin Harrison, Richard Henry Lee, Francis Lightfoot Lee, Robert Treat Paine, and Josiah Bartlett. Pluto in Scorpio includes Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, John Hancock, Dr. Benjamin Rush, George Clymer, John Penn, and most of the Sons of Liberty while Pluto in Sagittarius includes Goethe, William Blake, James Madison, James Monroe, Lafayette, Alexander Hamilton, and Edward Rutledge. There were many more, of course, but this brief list (pardon me if I left off your ancestor!) serves to illustrate the general point, that the tremendously positive ferment of the human spirit embodied in those revolutionary times are of the same quality that we were born under.

We are the inheritors of the mantle of the power of the human spirit. We are the revolutionaries, who during special times every 250 years create circumstances of positive change in our world. Whether the grandparent, parent, or youthful participant in the human and social revolution of our times, you can see by studying how the times and experiences of another era expressed their symbolic meaning, you can extrapolate what's up for us in the 21st century. Gird your loins, you spirits in the material world. The revolution is upon us for some years to come. Pluto will be in Sagittarius through 2008, after which Pluto is in Capricorn from 2009 through 2023. Then in 2024 Pluto permanently enters Aquarius after its brief intro in 2023, truly ushering in a new era for the human race.

I've been saying for awhile that we have a lot of breakdown, breakthrough, and rebuilding to go through before we see the dawning of the new era. And of course, in the century cycles 2023-2027 corresponds to us leaving the "Winter" of the 21st Century and entering into the light and life of the Spring of the 21st Century. Until then, we have a revolution to go through. The Professor and I and all our allies throughout the ages in the quest for human liberty stand ready to support the future. There are forces in motion that are going to blow the human race into a whole new level of comprehension in the next dozen or so years. And all that will result in the long term is the greatest good for the greatest number, regardless of what it seems like as we go through the change.

Comments

Hi Max - Yes, though it seems a bit self-promoting for you to ask this question on this site. As a metaphysician with knowledge of what seems to be your interest, I would suggest that you deepen and flesh out what you post on your site. (And yes, I know you have a book you're trying to sell...)

Great insight!
In 2023 then the dawn blooms with a new light.
(I really feel that later on, Pluto in Aquarius shall really bring up all our humanitarian hearts)

Meanwhile we have a decade with Pluto in Capricorn.
It is the time to restructure society, governments, world organization, businesses.
That is the global word. And what about our personal work? What does Pluto in Capricorn, brings for everyone?
Capricorn relates to our strivings and social ambitions, right?

Uranus in Aries should also ignite our personal inventivess, assertiveness and boldness, and independence.

I even tell it...
Ask a Sagittarius or a Capricorn.
They are (including myself) dealing with Pluto around our ascendent or natal sun!
So, we know what these strivings may be. I just had Pluto conjunting my natal Sag sun.

Hi Popplagid - But of course. This site features "source material" that can be used by everyone however they deem best. Been thinking about the future for awhile now, so figured it's okay to share some things resulting from the cogitation. The future of humanity's so bright we're all gonna have to wear shades! Breakdown is a prelude to breakthrough (and vise-versa!) so we can build new forms for new eras. Electric Fire is on the way, and how we deal with and manifest Uranus in Pisces energies will determine a lot of how karma manifests personally, interpersonally, and transpersonally in the new era. Everyone dealing with Pluto near anything significant is greeting the "Lord of the Underworld," so by all means make Shiva your friend. Of course, as one with Pluto rising, occasionally I show up as Pluto in people's lives, much to their relief/regret. Oh well. When you live with the purifying "Pillar of Fire" your entire life, you either a) make it your friend or b) get burned badly until you do. But all in all, I'd rather be purified this life than stay corrupted, or as someone once said, "I'd rather be disillusioned than illusioned."

Yes. I was born with Pluto and Saturn in eight house. And Pluto curiously in 27º Libra, trining my Sun.
So guess that since 2005, I am having Pluto greeting me, trining itself, conjunting my natal neptune, then the sun, and now mercury and squaring mars.

Pluto purification manifested in my life, by telling me that I have to do something else on my job life, on my contribution to society. I had to involve my soul and my inner duties and gifts.

One day I was doing dishes and I notice how much I was contributing to polluting the Earth by using a normal washing gel. The day after I start my long shift into a more ecological living. This was in 2006.
Another day I had my last experience with anything that could alter our minds, mushrooms, and since then I took nothing, even since then I stay away from a drop of wine!, but during that last night I clearly saw the spirit of the universe greeting me death, uncovering me unknown strenghts, disclosing me that Earth is a marvelous beauty and that I came here to help shifting the daily behaviours of people. This dated 2005.
Even on another day, I met my current girlfriend. It was a very powerful day, in 2006. After a period of two dreamy days and nights, under the stars with her, during a communitarian ecological gathering. On the night we said goodbye, I met a couple hours after, a mantra yogi in the forest! sounded like a fairytale story but he was the one that gave birth to my interest in mantra reciting.
In 2007 it is being a busy year, looking for solutions, gathering books and contacts (my mercurian transit) and maybe its not still there. Pluto is still teaching me about what we can do. Together with my mate, we dream a lot about setting my big contribution to the world, combining nature with spirituality. Maybe who knows under the Pluto in Aquarius in 2020 we will be all frm this comment stream living under a similar spirit. At least I see it in my dreams. That bright very differnt future not so far away lurking and whispering hello...

Hi Jilly - Well, America was once the light of the world, and now has become just one more tired, selfish, heavy handed government among the rest. We The People shall restore our light, but only after we stop electing bloviating gasbags and war criminals and profiteers. By 2024 we enter the "Spring of the 21st Century" which should restore some collective hope and growth. Will add your most august ancestor to the list. They had TRUE courage, given that they all would have been hanged if everyone had not pulled together to make the dream real. They preferred an uncertain life of striving for freedom rather than a comfortable slow death living under heavy handed authoritarian chains. Thank heaven many around the Earth are also willing to put their "lives, fortunes, and sacred honor" on the line for their ideals setting an example for the ages. ps - GREAT cd! World class music!

Hi Jilly - One of my all time favorite quotes from Dr. Franklin, and one I've used many times in the past to remind us that we are less separate than we think, and all subject to similar forces (and consequences!) if we don't get it together. Separately, we can barely maintain; together we can achieve great things.

It is time for all of us to form small communities or villages and build self-sustainable homes, centers, using eco-friendly, alternative off-grid energy sources. When the global money systems self-collapse, 'we the people' can get back to the business of living in harmony. We can create our own local exchange systems, and live in locally abundant economies. The global beasts will be gone, like dinosours. That is what Pluto in Capricorn means to me. (And I am a boomer)

Hi lizzie - Yes, I've advocated what you're saying here for a looooong time. I created a multi-day event around the "End of the Era of Empire" back in 1991 due to configurations then that spelled the end of "bigger is better." That's why so many monolithic entities have broken apart or been challenged in growth since then. We're definitely seeing that the current model is unsustainable, and so that's why I encourage all to find those who share their community goals while furthering their autonomy. The world of 30 years from now will look drastically different from the dystopia we currently deal with.

Hi Robert,
I don't think I've written you since Pluto was transiting my Saturn at 28 Sagg. Now its coming up faster than I could imagine, almost conjunct my sun 4 Cap, and trne my natal Pluto which is conjunct my ascendent at 4 Virgo. I'm about to graduate with my MPH in public health, environmental health and feel like a lot of changes are coming soon anyway. Any way to tell if this will be an OK period or total devastation? I surved the Pluto transiting Saturn, but everything felt like more struggle, more work than it should have been.
Tamara BD 12/26/58

Hi Tamara - Usually Pluto on the Sun totally transforms a life; if you're living your Higher Truth, then all that would distract from that Truth will be purified. You could be walking through the "devastation" all around you, with you being the Solar Angel throughout it all. And transits to Saturn do often seem like more struggle than we'd like, since Saturn shows our resistances as well as our "response ability."